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More than 500 people of varied political stripes turned out to hear Republican strategist Karl Rove’s thoughts on the 2012 presidential election. Rove was a guest of Rider’s Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics.

Dr. Maureen Maguire ’75, a top ophthalmologist at the University of Pennsylvania, and Dr. Aaron Gast, trustee emeritus at the Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation, will receive honorary degrees at Rider’s 147th Commencement ceremonies. Dr. Morten Lauridsen, Distinguished Professor of Composition at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music, will be similarly honored at the Westminster Choir College ceremony.

The lecture begins at 7 p.m. in the BLC Cavalla Room on Thursday, April 19.

The School of Liberal Arts and Sciences 50th Anniversary celebration continues with the Academic Freedom Seminar on Monday, April 9, which will be highlighted by a keynote address from Dr. Cary Nelson, president of the American Association of University Professors.

Student panels and the presentations of the Ziegler-Gee Award and Virginia Cyrus Scholarship on April 12 will highlight the annual Rider event, followed by the New Jersey Gender Studies and Women’s Consortium Colloquium on April 13.

Trent Shelton, a former NFL wide receiver who has become one of the nation’s most renowned motivational speakers, will present Rehabilitation of the Body and Mind to students at Westminster Choir College on Thursday, April 5, at 6 p.m. in Talbott Library Room 1. The event is free and open to all.